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Originally Posted by CecilOne
OK, another case:
Runners on 1st and 2nd, base hit to LF.
R1 going to 3rd, making wide turn but collides with F5 barely before reaching 3rd. OBS called.
R1 continues toward home, LF throws to catcher, R1 tagged out 15 – 20 feet before home.
Is there any reason, with regard to the OBS, to nullify the out?
For example, R1’s path looked like an attempt to score and the OBS impeded.
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As written, the runner was only protected between 2nd and 3rd, so out at home would be the call.
Remember, at the time of OBS you judge what base the runner would have achieved. If that judgement was that the runner would have scored without the OBS, then award home. But I do not see that in this sitch.
If you had written that OBS occurred at 3B, then there is the argument that the runner was also protected between 3B and HP, in which case the runner would be returned to 3B.